Volume-fraction profiles of adsorbed polymers

1990 ◽  
Vol 86 (9) ◽  
pp. 1323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence Cosgrove
Keyword(s):  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Adsorbed Polymers

The Volume Fraction Profile of Terminally Adsorbed Polymers

1991 ◽  
Vol 248 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Composto ◽  
T. Mansfield ◽  
G. Beaucage ◽  
R. S. Stein ◽  
D. R. Iyengar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Concentration Profile ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Neutron Reflectivity ◽  
Similar Molecular Weight ◽  
Parabolic Profile ◽  
Grafting Density ◽  
Tethered Chains ◽  
Adsorbed Polymers ◽  
Unperturbed Dimension ◽  
Poor Solvent

AbstractWe have used neutron reflectivity to measure the concentration profile of carboxylic acid-terminated polystyrene at the liquid/solid interface. Two isotopic systems were studied: (1) deuterated polystyrene (DPS) in cyclohexane and (2) polystyrene (PS) in deuterated cyclohexane. Although measured at 24°C (a poor solvent condition), the high grafting density of PS tethered chains causes the chains to weakly stretch to 3-5 times its unperturbed dimension. Although of similar molecular weight, the height of the DPS layer is about 50% higher than that of the PS. In both systems, the volume fraction of polymer near the wall is ∼ 0.60. For the DPS system, reflectivity profiles can be simulated using a parabolic profile with a depletion layer at the silicon-liquid interface. However, in the PS system, no depletion is observed. Here, the shape. of the PS concentration profile is parabolic with a rounded tail.

Chemical partitioning of elements in Ni-base MC-carbide reinforced eutetic superalloys

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 250-251
Author(s):  
E. F. Koch ◽  
E. L. Hall ◽  
S. W. Yang
Keyword(s):  
Alloy Composition ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Lattice Mismatch ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Eutectic Alloys ◽  
Alloy Matrix ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Gas Turbine Blades ◽  
Analytical Electron ◽  
Analytical Electron Microscope

The plane-front solidified eutectic alloys consisting of aligned tantalum monocarbide fibers in a nickel alloy matrix are currently under consideration for future aircraft and gas turbine blades. The MC fibers provide exceptional strength at high temperatures. In these alloys, the Ni matrix is strengthened by the precipitation of the coherent γ' phase (ordered L12 structure, nominally Ni3Al). The mechanical strength of these materials can be sensitively affected by overall alloy composition, and these strength variations can be due to several factors, including changes in solid solution strength of the γ matrix, changes in they γ' size or morphology, changes in the γ-γ' lattice mismatch or interfacial energy, or changes in the MC morphology, volume fraction, thermal stability, and stoichiometry. In order to differentiate between these various mechanisms, it is necessary to determine the partitioning of elemental additions between the γ,γ', and MC phases. This paper describes the results of such a study using energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy in the analytical electron microscope.

Morphology, Distribution and Identification of Micro-Constituents Along Grain Boundaries in Nickel-Base Alloys

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 176-177
Author(s):  
D. E. Fornwalt ◽  
A. R. Geary ◽  
B. H. Kear
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Rupture Life ◽  
Stress Rupture ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Precipitate Morphology ◽  
Stress Rupture Life ◽  
Nickel Base ◽  
Scanning Electron

A systematic study has been made of the effects of various heat treatments on the microstructures of several experimental high volume fraction γ’ precipitation hardened nickel-base alloys, after doping with ∼2 w/o Hf so as to improve the stress rupture life and ductility. The most significant microstructural chan§e brought about by prolonged aging at temperatures in the range 1600°-1900°F was the decoration of grain boundaries with precipitate particles.Precipitation along the grain boundaries was first detected by optical microscopy, but it was necessary to use the scanning electron microscope to reveal the details of the precipitate morphology. Figure 1(a) shows the grain boundary precipitates in relief, after partial dissolution of the surrounding γ + γ’ matrix.

Instrumentation For Quantitative Microscopy

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 206-209
Author(s):  
B. Ralph ◽  
A.R. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Automatic Data ◽  
Phase Volume Fraction ◽  
Statistical Confidence ◽  
Resultant Data ◽  
Automatic Data Collection ◽  
Third Dimension ◽  
Evolution Of Microstructure

In all fields of microscopy there is an increasing interest in the quantification of microstructure. This interest may stem from a desire to establish quality control parameters or may have a more fundamental requirement involving the derivation of parameters which partially or completely define the three dimensional nature of the microstructure. This latter categorey of study may arise from an interest in the evolution of microstructure or from a desire to generate detailed property/microstructure relationships. In the more fundamental studies some convolution of two-dimensional data into the third dimension (stereological analysis) will be necessary.In some cases the two-dimensional data may be acquired relatively easily without recourse to automatic data collection and further, it may prove possible to perform the data reduction and analysis relatively easily. In such cases the only recourse to machines may well be in establishing the statistical confidence of the resultant data. Such relatively straightforward studies tend to result from acquiring data on the whole assemblage of features making up the microstructure. In this field data mode, when parameters such as phase volume fraction, mean size etc. are sought, the main case for resorting to automation is in order to perform repetitive analyses since each analysis is relatively easily performed.

Formation of Persistent Slip Band in Fatigued Copper Single Crystals

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 470-471
Author(s):  
N. Y. Jin
Keyword(s):  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Fatigue Cracks ◽  
Wall Structure ◽  
Matrix Structure ◽  
Dislocation Dipole ◽  
Slip Bands ◽  
Persistent Slip Bands ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Hard Shell ◽  
Copper Single Crystals

Localised plastic deformation in Persistent Slip Bands(PSBs) is a characteristic feature of fatigue in many materials. The dislocation structure in the PSBs contains regularly spaced dislocation dipole walls occupying a volume fraction of around 10%. The remainder of the specimen, the inactive "matrix", contains dislocation veins at a volume fraction of 50% or more. Walls and veins are both separated by regions in which the dislocation density is lower by some orders of magnitude. Since the PSBs offer favorable sites for the initiation of fatigue cracks, the formation of the PSB wall structure is of great interest. Winter has proposed that PSBs form as the result of a transformation of the matrix structure to a regular wall structure, and that the instability occurs among the broad dipoles near the center of a vein rather than in the hard shell surounding the vein as argued by Kulmann-Wilsdorf.

Grain Refinement in Titanium-Erbium Alloys

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 522-523
Author(s):  
B. B. Rath ◽  
J. E. O'Neal ◽  
R. J. Lederich
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Pure Titanium ◽  
Systematic Investigation ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Titanium Matrix ◽  
Average Size

Addition of small amounts of erbium has a profound effect on recrystallization and grain growth in titanium. Erbium, because of its negligible solubility in titanium, precipitates in the titanium matrix as a finely dispersed second phase. The presence of this phase, depending on its average size, distribution, and volume fraction in titanium, strongly inhibits the migration of grain boundaries during recrystallization and grain growth, and thus produces ultimate grains of sub-micrometer dimensions. A systematic investigation has been conducted to study the isothermal grain growth in electrolytically pure titanium and titanium-erbium alloys (Er concentration ranging from 0-0.3 at.%) over the temperature range of 450 to 850°C by electron microscopy.

Fine Microstructure of a Mechanically Alloyed Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Nickel-Base Superalloy

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 298-299
Author(s):  
Jordi Marti ◽  
Timothy E. Howson ◽  
David Kratz ◽  
John K. Tien
Keyword(s):  
Solid Solution ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Stress Rupture ◽  
Oxide Dispersion Strengthened ◽  
Solid Solution Alloy ◽  
Oxide Dispersion ◽  
Creep And Stress Rupture ◽  
Mechanically Alloyed ◽  
Fine Microstructure ◽  
Nickel Base

The previous paper briefly described the fine microstructure of a mechanically alloyed oxide dispersion strengthened nickel-base solid solution. This note examines the fine microstructure of another mechanically alloyed system. This alloy differs from the one described previously in that it is more generously endowed with coherent precipitate γ forming elements A1 and Ti and it contains a higher volume fraction of the finely dispersed Y2O3 oxide. An interesting question to answer in the comparative study of the creep and stress rupture of these two ODS systems is the role of the precipitate γ' in the mechanisms of creep and stress rupture in alloys already containing oxide dispersoids.The nominal chemical composition of this alloy is Ni - 20%Cr - 2.5%Ti - 1.5% A1 - 1.3%Y203 by weight. The system receives a three stage heat treatment-- the first designed to produce a coarse grain structure similar to the solid solution alloy but with a smaller grain aspect ratio of about ten.

Preparation of Electron Transparent Metal-Matrix Composites

1968 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 334-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Pinnel ◽  
A. Lawley
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Load Transfer ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Steel Wire ◽  
Initial Step ◽  
Interfacial Region ◽  
Matrix Composites ◽  
Specific Test ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
The One

Numerous phenomenological descriptions of the mechanical behavior of composite materials have been developed. There is now an urgent need to study and interpret deformation behavior, load transfer, and strain distribution, in terms of micromechanisms at the atomic level. One approach is to characterize dislocation substructure resulting from specific test conditions by the various techniques of transmission electron microscopy. The present paper describes a technique for the preparation of electron transparent composites of aluminum-stainless steel, such that examination of the matrix-fiber (wire), or interfacial region is possible. Dislocation substructures are currently under examination following tensile, compressive, and creep loading. The technique complements and extends the one other study in this area by Hancock.The composite examined was hot-pressed (argon atmosphere) 99.99% aluminum reinforced with 15% volume fraction stainless steel wire (0.006″ dia.).Foils were prepared so that the stainless steel wires run longitudinally in the plane of the specimen i.e. the electron beam is perpendicular to the axes of the wires. The initial step involves cutting slices ∼0.040″ in thickness on a diamond slitting wheel.

Moire Fringes on Precipitates in Quenched and Aged Beryllium

1968 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 426-427
Author(s):  
F. J. Fraikor ◽  
A. W. Brewer
Keyword(s):  
Ternary Phase ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Age Hardening ◽  
Orientation Relationships ◽  
Solute Content ◽  
Moiré Fringes ◽  
Moire Patterns ◽  
Total Volume Fraction ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Moiré Patterns

A number of investigators have examined moire patterns on precipitate particles in various age-hardening alloys. For example, Phillips has analyzed moire fringes at cobalt precipitates in copper and Von Heimendahl has reported on moire fringes in the system Al-Au. Recently, we have observed moire patterns on impurity precipitates in beryllium quenched in brine from 1000°C and aged at various temperatures in the range of 500-800°C. This heat treatment of beryllium rolled from vacuum cast ingots produces the precipitation of both an fee ternary phase, AlFeBe4, and an hcp binary phase, FeBe11. However, unlike a typical age-hardening alloy, the solute content of this material is low (less than 1000 ppm of Fe and 600 ppm of Al) and hence the total volume fraction of precipitates is small. Therefore there is some difficulty in distinguishing the precipitates and their orientation relationships with the beryllium matrix since the weak precipitate spots generally do not appear on the diffraction patterns.

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